Soulwriter Ch. 4

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Looking down at my watch, I realized that almost an hour had past, and it was now almost time for the ceremony to start.

I had to hurry because I was one of the students who needed to go on stage for the ceremony.

I walked quickly towards one of the buildings I had passed previously before, and I saw a rosy-bricked towering structure.

I entered through the backdoor with the key I had gotten from the front office days before when I was phoned about my role in the upcoming ceremony.

That was when I had found out that not only had I gotten one of the top marks overall, but I would be receiving a special award for "remarkable talent in creative writing" that I had supposedly "displayed" when I entered the testing/competition in the Poem/Prose category.

It was called "Winter's Whisper". About a little girl lost in the snow, not freezing, not cold. Just lonely in the never ending whiteness.

I closed and locked the door behind me, and stepped backstage.

The heavy curtains on stage that would soon be the only thing separating me and a sea of students like me - well, as alike as a Dreamer (who is still unable to control her powers) and a normal person could ever be.

I stepped on the stage, into the seat designated for me, and my heart quickened its pace a little. I grasped my pendant, trying to reassure myself.

Except it wasn't there.

I looked down, now frantic, murmuring to myself in a frantic whisper "Where could it have gone?"

Then I heard the person behind me, "Do you mean this?"

I spun around, face to face with the violin player from the library.

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